Council & its committees
All changes to legislation made by Council and its committees and published in the Gazette during the 2025/26 academic year.
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Council
- Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, p269
- College Contributions Fund, income grants, p396
- Dates of Extended Terms 2024–25 and 2025–26 (corrigendum), p94
- Divisional Boards, p4
- Education Committee, p269
- Employment of University Staff:
- renaming main lecturer grade as associate professor, p2
- renaming Professor of Medical Statistics, p270
- Environmental Sustainability Subcommittee, p123
- Financial Regulations:
- Outside appointments, p4
- Estate Investment Subcommittee, p266
- Information and Digital Committee, p122
- Michael Davys Professor of Neuroscience, p124
- Oxford University Alumni Board, p123
- People Committee, p4
- Sabbatical leave and dispensation from prescribed duties, p2
- Safety Executive Group, p122
- University Officers:
- Proctors and Assessor (election schedule), p267
- Pro-Vice-Chancellors, p210
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General Purposes Committee of Council
- Professorship of Bioinformatics, p282
- Bukhman Professorship of Type 1 Diabetes, p162
- Colin Duff Memorial Fund, p96
- Collisson Professorship of Musculoskeletal Science, p354
- Creet–Warner Fund, p97
- Hicks Professor of Economics, p162
- H.W.C. Davis Fund, p355
- Insight Investment Fund, p283
- Lombard Odier Sustainable Finance Fund and Lombard Odier Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow of Sustainable Finance, p283
- Professor of Medical Statistics, p211
- Moores Professor of Management Studies, p210
- Pao Music Fund, p97
- PM Greenbaum–EP Abraham Curatorship of the Scientific Revolution and Industrial Age(s) Fund, p356
- Rhodes Professor of American History, p94
- Speaker’s Lectureship in Biblical Studies, p95
- Professorship of Women's Mental Health, p282
- Wykeham Professorship of Logic, p163
Congregation
All resolutions, legislative proposals, changes to regulations and other business submitted to Congregation and published in the Gazette during the 2025/26 academic year.
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Resolutions
- Conferment of Degree by Diploma: His Excellency Frank-Walter Steinmeier
- (announced 30 Oct: p111)
- (carried 13 Nov: p139)
- (approved 20 Nov: p150)
- (conferral 15 Jan: p211)
- Conferment of Honorary Degrees:
- Chancellor's Special Honorary Degree Ceremony: Lady Elish Angiolini, John Kerry, Dinah Rose, Professor Irene Tracey, Sir John Curtice, Christina Lamb, Dr Dominic Sandbrook, Professor Jonathan Haidt, Isabella Tree
- (announced 13 Nov: p140)
- (carried 27 Nov: p164)
- (approved 4 Dec: p174)
- (published as a supplement 5 Mar: p365)
- Encaenia 2026: Professor Daron Acemoğlu, Carlos Acosta, Adjoa Andoh, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr, Professor Katalin Karikó, Billie Jean King, Professor Shuji Nakamura, Dame Emma Walmsley
- (announced 5 Mar: p358)
- (carried 19 Mar: p385)
- (approved 26 Mar: p397)
- University’s Strategic Plan 2025–2030
- (announced 19 Feb: p304)
- (carried 5 Mar: p357)
- (approved 12 Mar: p376)
- Space allocations:
- 43–48 Wellington Square to the Department of Social Policy and Intervention
- (announced 11 Dec: p203)
- (carried 15 Jan: p214)
- (approved 22 Jan: p254)
- Anna Watts Building to the the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences
- Begbroke Academic to the Department of Engineering Science
- Biochemistry & Biological Sciences Teaching Centre to the Department of Physics
- Dartington House to IT Services
- Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building to Biochemistry Building Operations
- Eagle House to the Department of Engineering Science
- (announced 25 Sep: p7)
- (carried 9 Oct: p35)
- (approved 16 Oct: p70)
- Garden Land to Kellogg
- (announced 15 Jan: p214)
- (notice of opposition 5 Feb: p284)
- (opposition withdrawn; approved 19 Feb: p302)
- Littlegate House to the Uehiro Institute for Practical Ethics
- (announced 25 Sep: p8)
- (carried 9 Oct: p35)
- (approved 16 Oct: p70)
- New Radcliffe House to the Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health
- Old Boys High School to the School of Geography and the Environment, for occupation by the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
- (announced 25 Sep: p8)
- (corrigendum 2 Oct: p14)
- (carried 9 Oct: p35)
- (approved 16 Oct: p70)
- St Cross Building to the Faculty of Law
- (announced 25 Sep: p8)
- (carried 9 Oct: p35)
- (approved 16 Oct: p70)
- Tinsley Building to the Department of Engineering Science
- (announced 16 Oct: p71)
- (carried 30 Oct: p111)
- (approved 6 Nov: p125)
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Legislative Proposals
- Statute VII: Divisions, Faculties, Sub-faculties, Departments and the Department for Continuing Education
- (announced 25 Sep: p6)
- (carried 9 Oct: p35)
- (approved 16 Oct: p70)
- Statute XIII: Student Members: Other Provisions
- Statute XIV: Employment of Academic and Support Staff by the University
- (announced 25 Sep: p6)
- (carried 9 Oct: p35)
- (approved 16 Oct: p70)
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Changes to Regulations
- changes to the Conduct of Ceremonies in Congregation, and certain other Ceremonies:
- changes to Latin used within ceremonies
- (announced 6 Nov: p126)
- (carried 27 Nov: p164)
- (approved 4 Dec: p174)
- suspension for Hilary term 2026
- (announced 29 Jan: p271)
- (carried 19 Feb: p303)
- (approved 26 Feb: p318)
- changes to Committee for the Nomination of Select Preachers
- (announced 19 Feb: p304)
- (carried 5 Mar: p357)
- (approved 12 Mar: p376)
- changes to Congregation Regulations 3 of 2002: Religious Services and Sermons
- (announced 25 Sep: p7)
- (carried 9 Oct: p35)
- (approved 16 Oct: p70)
- (proposed amendment 27 Nov: p164)
- (amendment carried 11 Dec: p203)
- (amendment approved 15 Jan: p213)
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Other Congregation business
- Clerks of the Market, admission
- (announced 2 Oct: p15)
- (reported 9 Oct: p34)
- Proctors and Assessor, admission
- (announced 15 Jan: p215)
- (admitted 19 Mar: p384)
- (oration by the demitting Proctors and Assessor: p407 (supplement))
- Pro-Vice-Chancellors, admission
- (announced 2 Oct: p15)
- (reported 9 Oct: p34)
- Vice-Chancellor's Oration 2025
- (announced 25 Sep: p6)
- (reported 9 Oct: p34)
- (published as supplement: p81)
Register of Congregation
The following is a list of all of the Gazette notices of staff added to the Register of Congregation during the 2025/26 academic year. They are listed in order of the issue in which their name appears. A full listing of the whole Register of Congregation (as it stands at a particular date) is published in Hilary term each year.
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Revised Register of Congregation 2026
- As at 4 Feb: p325 (supplement)
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Michaelmas term
- 25 Sep, p5
- 2 Oct, p14
- 9 Oct, p34
- 16 Oct, p70
- 23 Oct, p98
- 30 Oct, p110
- 6 Nov, p125
- 13 Nov, p138
- 20 Nov, p150
- 27 Nov, p163
- 4 Dec, p174
- 11 Dec, p202
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Hilary term
Degree by Resolution
The following is a list of all of the Gazette notices of staff awarded an MA by resolution during the 2025/26 academic year. They are listed by the date of the Gazette issue in which the resolution was announced. Single sign-on login is required to read these notices*:
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Michaelmas term
- 25 Sep, p6
- 9 Oct, p35
- 16 Oct, p71
- 23 Oct, p98
- 30 Oct, p110
- 6 Nov, p125
- 13 Nov, p139
- 20 Nov, p150
- 27 Nov, p164
- 4 Dec, p175
- 11 Dec, p202
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Hilary term
Elections
The following is a list of elections held during the 2025/26 academic year as published in the Gazette. They are listed by category and then by notices of vacancies, nominations published and results. Further information about elections within the University of Oxford can be found on the Elections website.
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Elections by Congregation
- Audit and Scrutiny Committee
- (vacancy announced: p42)
- (uncontested election result: p132)
- Nominations Committee
- (vacancy announced: p220)
- (uncontested election result: p298)
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Divisional Board Elections
- Social Sciences
- (vacancy announced: p42)
- (uncontested election result: p132)
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Faculty Board Elections
- Classics
- (vacancy announced: p43)
- (uncontested election result: p132)
- History
- (vacancy announced: p43)
- (lapsed vacancy: p133)
- Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics
- (vacancy announced: p43)
- (nominations received: p131)
- (candidate statement: p131)
- (election result: p174)
- Music
- (vacancies announced: p43)
- (uncontested election result: p133)
- (lapsed vacancy: p133)
Notices
Consultative and general notices published in the Gazette during the 2025/26 academic year
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Consultative notices
- External membership of Council, invitation to submit nominations for consideration, p403
- Honorary Degrees and for Degrees by Diploma, call for nominations, p36
- Oxford University Museum of Natural History, request for the repatriation of ancestral human remains, p385
- Pitt Rivers Museum, request for the return of ancestral human remains, p377
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General notices
- Chancellor’s special honorary degree ceremony invitation, p216
- Encaenia 2026, notice for new members of Congregation, p405
- Ethical Investment Representations Review Subcommittee, review outcomes, p359
- Gazette:
- website survey, p112
- notice of new website from Trinity term, p386
- MSc in Clinical Embryology (dissertation deadline date), p16
- People Committee: report on Statute XII panels, p307
- Staff Communications:
- Forum for new starters, p153
- Help improve clarity in University communications, p359
- University Calendar 2025–26:
- Hilary term online edition published, p216
- Michaelmas term online edition published, p37
- print edition published, p37
- print edition orders open, p127
- Vice-Chancellor’s Awards 2026, p216
- updated closing date, p295
Appointment-related notices
All notices relating to the appointment and recognition of distinction of staff and visiting professors at the University published in the Gazette during the 2025/26 academic year
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Appointments and reappointments
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Statutory Professorships and other senior positions
- Directorship of Big Data Institute (Trey Ideker), p386
- Professorship of Civil Engineering (Deborah Greaves), p37
- Regius Professorship of Civil Law (Wim Decock), p272
- Lincoln Professorship of Classical Archaeology and Art (Athéna Tsingarida), p37
- Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) (Freya Johnston), p17
- Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Planning and Resources) (Mark E Smith), p216
- Headship of the Department of Education (Leon Feinstein), p20
- Professorship of Environmental Geography (Stephen Hinchliffe), p217
- Rhodes Professorship of Experimental Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology (James Chalmers), p167
- Professorship of Geography (Robert Hilton), p20
- Margaret Ogilvie's Professorship of Ophthalmology (Dr Denize Atan), p167
- Directorship of the Oxford Internet Institute (Dr Scott A Hale), p142
- WA Handley Professorship of Psychiatry (Armin Raznahan), p37
- Headship of the Department of Social Policy and Intervention (Kenneth Nelson), p20
- Professorship of Statistical Science (Patrick Rebeschini), p216
- Professorship of Statistics (Robin Evans), p216
- Professorship of Transplantation (Fadi Issa), p19
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Other appointments, reappointments and conferments of title
- Humanities
- Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
- Medical Sciences
- Social Sciences
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Visiting Professorships
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Recognition of Distinction
- Applications open, p167
- Successful candidates 2025, p21
- Conferrals of title, p100
- Humanities
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Electoral Boards, Advisory Committees and Selection Committees
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Electoral Boards
- John G Winant Visiting Professorship of American Government, p378
- Rhodes Professorship of American History, p308
- Professorship of Bibliography and Modern Book History, p286
- Climax Professorship of Clinical Therapeutics, p258
- Professorship of Environmental Geography, p22
- Wykeham Professorship of Logic, p217
- Professorship of Old Age Psychiatry, p154
- Little Princess Trust Professorship of Paediatric Oncology, p38
- Masoumeh and Fereydoon Soudavar Professorship of Persian Studies, p217
- Professorship of Statistics and Professorship of Statistical Science, p127
- Teaching and Learning of Chinese, Department of Education, in association with St Antony’s College, p308
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Advisory Committees
- Regius Professorship of Greek, p309
- Regius Professorship of Medicine, p176
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Selection Committees
- Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Innovation), p272
Lectures
All lecture notices published in the Gazette during the 2024/25 academic year
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Termly supplements
- Michaelmas term, p49
- Hilary term, p225
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Other lecture notices
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Michaelmas term
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Hilary term
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Call for submissions
- International Conference on Opera, Performance and Culture, p141
- Organisational Behaviour in Health Care conference, p72
Events & exhibitions
All notices relating to musical and other events and exhibitions published in the Gazette during the 2025/26 academic year
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University Sermons
- Michaelmas term: p16
- Hilary term: p256
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Musical and other events
- Botanic Garden and Arboretum:
- Brasenose:
- Christ Church: 2 Oct, p24
- Exeter: 2 Oct, p24
- Mansfield: 26 Feb, p319
- Merton:
- Faculty of Music: 30 Oct, p113
- New College: 5 Feb, p286
- Queen's: 29 Jan, p273
- St Cross:
- St Edmund Hall: 26 Feb, p319
- St Hilda's:
- St John's: 13 Nov, p142
- St Peter's: 30 Oct, p113
- Trinity: 9 Oct, p39
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Exhibitions
- St John's:
- Maison Française: 22 Jan, p258
- Mansfield: 22 Jan, p258
Student-related notices
All notices relating to students published in the Gazette during the 2025/26 academic year
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Supplications for higher degrees*
- content will be added as it is published
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Viva voce examinations*
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Michaelmas term
- 2 Oct, p25
- 9 Oct, p40
- 16 Oct, p74
- 23 Oct, p102
- 30 Oct, p114
- 6 Nov, p128
- 13 Nov, p143
- 20 Nov, p155
- 4 Dec, p176
- 11 Dec, p205
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Hilary term
- 15 Jan, p217
- 22 Jan, p259
- 29 Jan, p274
- 5 Feb, p288
- 12 Feb, p296
- 19 Feb, p310
- 26 Feb, p320
- 5 Mar, p360
- 12 Mar, p379
- 19 Mar, p388
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Prizes awarded to graduate students*
- Ancient History Prize (Faculty of Classics): p38
- British and European History 1700–1850, MSt (Faculty of History): p23
- Chancellor’s English Essay Prize (Faculty of English): p38
- Early Modern History 1500–1700, MPhil (Faculty of History): p23
- Economic and Social History, MSc (Faculty of History): p23
- Eldon Law Scholarship (Faculty of Law): p296
- English Poem on a Sacred Subject Prize (Faculty of English): p38
- History, MSt/MPhil (Faculty of History): p23
- History of Science, Medicine and Technology
- MSc (Faculty of History): p23
- MPhil (Faculty of History): p23
- History of War, MSt (Faculty of History): p23
- Jane Willis Kirkaldy Senior Prize (Faculty of History): p176
- Jon Stallworthy Poetry Prize (Faculty of English): p38
- Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, MSt/MPhil (Faculty of History): p23
- Lord Alfred Douglas Memorial Prize (Faculty of English): p38
- Medieval History, MSt (Faculty of History): p23
- Migration Studies, MSc (Department of International Development/School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography): p23
- Modern British History, MSt (Faculty of History): p23
- Modern European History, MSt (Faculty of History): p23
- Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, MSc (Department of International Development/School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography): p23
- Shelley–Mills Prize (Faculty of English): p38
- Sir John Rhŷs Prize (Faculty of English): p38
- Sir Roger Newdigate Prize (Faculty of English): p38
- Sociology and Demography, MPhil (Department of Sociology): p154
- Women’s, Gender and Queer History, MSt (Faculty of History): p23
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Prizes, grants and funding offered
- Astor Travel Fund: Astor Visiting Scholarships: p223
- Bodleian Libraries:
- Colin Franklin Prize for Book Collecting: p263
- Gordon Duff Prize: p263
- Faculty of English:
- Chancellor’s English Essay Prize: p47
- English Poem on a Sacred Subject Prize: p47
- Jon Stallworthy Poetry Prize: p47
- Lord Alfred Douglas Prize: p47
- Matthew Arnold Memorial Prize: p47
- Shelley–Mills Prize: p47
- Sir Roger Newdigate Prize: p47
- Sir John Rhŷs Prize: p47
- Gladstone Memorial Trust: Travel Awards: p223
- Harris Manchester: Ann Peart Visiting Scholarships in Unitarian and Dissenting Histories: p315
- Oxford Martin School: p159
- Local Policy Lab: Fellowship Programme: p323
- Peterhouse, Cambridge: Graduate Studentships: p159
- Philippe Wiener–Maurice Anspach Foundation: p315
- St John’s: Kendrew Songwriting Prize: p363
- St John’s College, Cambridge:
- Benefactors’ Scholarships: p108
- Harper-Wood Creative Writing & Travel Award: p315
- Louis Cha Scholarship, p108
- University of Cambridge: Ernest Oppenheimer Studentship: p148
- University of Oxford: international opportunities: p147
- Van Houten Fund: p299
College notices
All notices relating to memorial services, obituary notices and the election of staff in colleges, halls and societies published in the Gazette during the 2025/26 academic year
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Obituaries
- Christ Church: 22 Jan, p262
- Merton:
- St Hilda’s:
- Trinity:
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College elections
- Election of Assessor: election result, p391
- Election of Proctors:
- notice of meeting, p298
- election result, p391
- Jesus, fellowships: 6 Nov, p133
- St Hugh's, Principal: 2 Oct, p27
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Memorial services
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